Improved wire cradle



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LOUIS CHEVALLIER, OF 'WILLIAMSBURCB NEW YORK, ND ROBERT BRASS, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT. f

' Letters Patent No. 98,7 42, dated January 11, 1870.

IMPROVE!) WIRE CRADLE.

The Schedulerefen'ed to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same `skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the. accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure ll represents a side View of our improved cradle.

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same, taken on the plane ofthe line :t x, tig. l.

Similarletters of reference indicate corresponding parts. v

This invention relates to a new cradle, which is made of wire nettingr for the purpose ofA being at all times well ventilated, light, strong, and not very `costly. The wire basket or body of the cradle is -placed upon a rocker-framawhich can be of suitable material.

The invention consists, also, in providing a fly-pro- 'tector or hood on the upper end ot' the cradle, and in pivoting it so thatit can be readily swung out of the way.,

A, in the drawing, represents the body of the cradle. It is made of wire netting, preferably galvanized or otherwise protected from rust, and is of semi-.cylindrical or other suitable form, with rounded ends, as Shown.

B B are the rockers, supporting a frame or standards C, in which the wire body A is held.

At the head end of the cradle is arranged a semis..-

spherical hood, D, which is pivoted to the body at its centre by pins a, so that it can be swung back more or less out ofthe way, or forward, as by dotted lines, to protect the head .of the child from lilies, mosquitoes, &c

twb'lpieces, one piece, b, being readily fixed upon the cradle, while the other piece, c, is pivoted, and can be swung over the piece b, as shown, to be out of the' way.

This hood, being also made of wire netting, serves in place of the mosquito-nets usually employed, and is more durable and useful than the same.

The entire bodyA should, at the edges, be lined with metal, (l, or other material, covering the ends of the wire.

Having thus described our invention,

Ve claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters ]EatentV l l. The combination of the supporting rocker-frame with the woven wire cradle body, each constructed and arranged as specified.

2. The wire hood, pivoted to acradle, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

The above specification of our invention signed` by us, this 29th day of October, 1869.

LOUIS CHEVALLIER. ROBERT BRASS.

Witnesses GEORGE W. MAB-EE, ALEX. F. ROBERTS.

In the drawing, the hood is represented as made of Y 

